How to Use symphony orchestra in a Sentence

symphony orchestra

noun
  • She's a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
  • In the first place, so far as is known, this was the first symphony orchestra concert ever played on the deck of a Navy ship.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Violins that are hundreds of years old still have seats in the top symphony orchestras around the world.
    Parker Hall, WIRED, 29 June 2023
  • But watching a great movie while a full symphony orchestra plays the soundtrack live?
    Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • It’s a center of jazz going back 100 years, and it's known for having a great symphony orchestra.
    Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 7 June 2022
  • Elite art practice would be the ballet or the symphony orchestra.
    Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Finale Ligure, a sun-baked town at the edge of the Ligurian Sea, has no symphony orchestra or opera house.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017
  • And all that’s left to be heard are Lars Ulrich’s drums thundering over the precise acoustic work of the large symphony orchestra that surrounds the four men.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The first was a profile of the flutist Demarre McGill, who had performed a concerto with the local symphony orchestra.
    New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Heyward, 31, is the youngest music director of one of the two dozen biggest-budget symphony orchestras in the U.S.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Still, the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the U.S. and began playing the first song of the evening.
    Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2021
  • These days, 20 years is a long tenure for the music director of a symphony orchestra.
    Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 7 May 2020
  • Live performances of popular films by symphony orchestras have seen a boom in the past decade.
    Wei-Huan Chen, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Joining the union officials were a handful of musicians from the symphony orchestra, who played a few songs.
    Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 20 July 2019
  • These Ellington scores tend to suffer from a symphony orchestra’s failure to swing.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Brahms was a mostly large-scale composer who presided over a continuing growth of the size of the symphony orchestra.
    Daniel Gelernter, National Review, 8 June 2019
  • The event brings the beloved 2003 Christmas flick to the silver screen alongside a live performance of John Debney’s score by a full symphony orchestra led by the film composer himself.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • During one musical sketch, cast member Mikey Day played a stuffy conductor of a symphony orchestra in need of a flutist.
    Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2022
  • For much of its history, the Philharmonic, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, was closed off to women.
    Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Jigar Shah is living an investor’s dream, one with more strings attached than a symphony orchestra.
    Scott Patterson, WSJ, 3 July 2023
  • The Chorale’s production, conducted by Brett Karlin, is scored for a full symphony orchestra, double choir and four soloists.
    Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Bring your picnic blankets and get ready to dig into the culinary treats of local food trucks for a movie under the stars accompanied by a live 52-piece symphony orchestra and jazz band.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Get a private group tour to learn in greater depth about the artwork on display or watch a major city’s symphony orchestra perform a moving rendition.
    Tracey Sawyer, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • It’s not an anomaly for a symphony orchestra and an opera company to share a music director.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021
  • For Flea, playing music — trumpet in his youth, with dreams of being in a symphony orchestra — was a means of avoiding his stepdad, an abusive addict.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Moreover, The Shell will be the first permanent, year-round bayside concert venue in the nation that is operated by a symphony orchestra.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
  • But anytime a fortissimo surfaced in any of the scores it was turbocharged into the volume level of a symphony orchestra.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Gray, a musician in San Diego for 40 years, will lead the chorale accompanied by symphony orchestra in performing a range of music.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • Filming in Hungary offers everything from a massive amount of production space and a 20-year strong tax rebate to eight symphony orchestras and thermal baths.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
  • Sometimes with Michael Giacchino scores, they'll be performed again by symphony orchestras.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 July 2023

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